The new CX-30 helps Mazda to an impressive year-on-year gain in June. 15/07 update: now with Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover Q2 data. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to fall -27% year-on-year in June to roughly 1.115.000 units based on estimates from ALG/TrueCar, J.D. Power/LMC, Edmunds and Cox…
The U.S. recovery is hampered by absent fleet sales, notably rental cars. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to fall -33% year-on-year in May to 1.065.000 units according Edmunds, ALG and Cox Automotive, compared to a revised -50% and 668.000 in April. This pulls the year-to-date tally down -24.2%…
The U.S. Canada border remains closed. According to Wards Auto and J.D. Power, U.S. retail sales through May 24 are down -25% vs. pre-virus forecast at 670.000 units, with J.D. Power predicting 991.000 retail sales in May, down -24% from its pre-virus forecast. This is a significant drop but a…
41 US States and Territories were under stay-at-home orders in April. 8/05 update: Now with Volvo brand and models data. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. collapse -53% year-on-year in April to just 625.000 units according to estimates from ALG, Cox and Edmunds, pulling the year-to-date tally down -22.4% to…
The Ram 1500 wins 6 U.S. States in 2019. Picture motortrend.com For the 6th year in a row and thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics, we can share with you today separate rankings of the Top 10 best-selling vehicles for each U.S. State over the Full Year 2019. This data is…
Chevrolet Silverado sales are up 25.7% in Q1 in a market down -11.9%. 11/04 update: Now with Mercedes, Jaguar and Land Rover data. March is the month the coronavirus pandemic upended the US economy. From just 100 confirmed cases as of March 1, the number of infected US citizens surged…
The COVID-19 crisis has suddenly taken a turn for the worse in the US, with the number of confirmed cases going from 6.000 to 35.000 in the space of just 5 days (data as of 5am ET 23/03/20). More States are announcing business shutdowns and shelter-at-home orders each day, meaning…
Almost 2.800 Kia Seltos found a new U.S. home in February. 11/03 update: Now with Toyota, Lexus and Volvo figures. 29 brands ended monthly sales reporting in the U.S. last month, instead choosing to report quarterly. As a result only 11 out of the 40 brands present on the market,…
Toyota RAV4 sales shoot up 35.2% year-on-year in January. Monthly U.S. sales reporting is no more. From Tesla in 2017, to General Motors in 2018, Ford Motor and FCA in 2019, this month Nissan, the VW Group, BMW Group, Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover have decided to follow suit and will…
The Ford F-Series is #1 in the U.S. for the 38th consecutive year. Discover 112 years of U.S. Historical Data here. Despite head wind, the U.S. new light vehicle market (-1.5%) manages a 5th consecutive year above 17 million annual sales at 17.077.206. Cars continue to freefall at -10% to…
Honda US light truck sales shoot up 18% year-on-year in November. After two straight months of decline, US new light vehicle sales are estimated to edge up 1% year-on-year in November to 1.409.296, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.1%0 to 15.526.005 and a 17 million year still in the…
The Santa Fe (+41.9%) helps Hyundai-Kia up 11% in October. The USA new light vehicle market is estimated to drop for the second straight month in October at -1.6% to 1.337.815 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.3% to 14.116.709, and now looks like it could be hitting 17…
The new X7 helps BMW sales up 6% in September. After August showed the largest gain in 4 years (+10.3%), U.S. September volumes go the opposite way at -11.8% to 1.278.746 units due to two fewer selling days than September 2018 and sales around the critical Labor Day weekend this year…
The Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V both break their all-time US monthly volume records in August. After edging into positive for the first time this year in July (+1.9%), the US new light vehicle market soars an estimated 10.3% year-on-year in August to 1.651.092 units, the first double-digit gain in…
The Palisade sells over 4.000 units in July, helping Hyundai up 12.1%. July 2019 marks the entrance into very troubled waters for the U.S. new car market with the Detroit 3 (General Motors, Ford Motor and FCA) accounting for 45% of the market now abandoning monthly sales reporting and sharing…